Your evidence, sir? Do you know the man personally?

Your hatred is distasteful and unsubstatiated.

Speculative psychoanalysis like yours poisons the blogosphere and does nothing to advance the debate.

It’s not about toughness. The old politics cannot survive. If Barack loses the presidential race, fine. Winning at all costs is not winning.

As an English and speech teacher I have been inspired by his reasonable and eloquent appeal for a new politics.

We don’t need to get on that at all… So many important things are happening and you’re worried about a finger gesture. Grow up.

Here are some things to concentrate on (in no special order):

1. TORTURE
2. TIBET
3. ZIMBABWE
4. DARFUR
5. Boycotting Chinese Products
6. The Upcoming Food Crisis
7. Global Warming
8. THE ECONOMY
9. IMPEACHMENT
10. IRAQ

There are a lot more…
Peace,
=RD=

You see what you want, reality doesn’t agree. And do you really think the superdelegates are going to be swayed by some b-grade speech analysis? I don’t think so. They’ll make up their mind, but it won’t be because of this.

OBAMA FILPPED HILLARY OFF. And he did the finger gesture right after mentioning her name at different venues so it was no accident.

This guy is not ready for prime time. He is an angry, immature jerk!
I MEAN, WHO DOES THIS? And he wants to be President?

Check it out for yourself…He made the same gesture after saying her name in 2 different venues at the same point during the speech. And you can see and hear the reaction he got from his audience.

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/2008/04/obama_fingers_a_gotcha_debate.html
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/04/obamaflipsoffcl.html

We need to get on this, those of us who care. I am sending these links to as many superdelegates as I can. IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE ALL DID.

You ask above where “the green rookie is showing his weakness.” His weakness comes not from his lack of experience on the national political scene but from his core character. He has had an astonishing life and has overcome a great deal, and he believes that that has occurred–in every sense and at every turn–not because of a combination of historical events, luck, skill, and suavité but because he really is superior to just about anyone else alive. He believes in himself as only demagogues, religious zealots, or the psychopathic can. He drips with condescension and scorn for other human beings, all of them, all the time, but has the charisma to charm individuals in small or large groups when he focuses on doing that. He basks in the adoration of stadium-sized crowds. He has never said a word he doesn’t adore. According to his wife, he alone can see the hole in America’s soul, and he alone can heal it. He shares our pain as well, understanding what a difficult time we have affording arugula or scraping ice off our windshields because we can’t park in heated garages. He understands why some of us have caveman tendencies and live in unenlightened squalor because he has read the right books and because his laser-like intelligence penetrates all. When he isn’t giving his trademark winning smile, his mouth tends to assume the lineaments of a smirk or a sneer. He shoots hoops too, and wants to rip up the bowling alley in the White House. Good idea.

Maybe he’ll make a great president.

But you know who he reminds me of? He reminds me of George Bush in his press conference after the 2004 election; he reminds me of the George Bush who is constitutionally incapable of ever admitting he made a mistake; he reminds me, in his stubbornness, arrogance, defensiveness, humorlessness, and inability to take criticism, of the politician (since Nixon) I have hated most.

Obama’s weakness lies in his character and in his personality. He may be your imaginary friend, but I can assure you that you are not his.

and Good morning… or good night actually, I’m on my way to bed now!

Peace,
=RD=